Past Events

Where From Here is an interdisciplinary conference that engages the fractious, productive debates over nation and literature to ask what comes next for Canadian literary and cultural studies. September 15-16, 2022 | The Arboretum, University of Guelph For more details: where-from-here.ca

Thesis Title: "You Are What You Eat:                      Orthorexia, Purity, and Health in the Digital Age"   All are welcome to attend

Jose Alonzo, MA Thesis Defence The Balikbayan Program and Labour Export Policy: The Socioeconomic Relationship Between the Philippine State and Filipino Diaspora

Jacobites, Jacobins, and Outlanders: Scotland in Cultural Memory This community event will feature presentations by faculty, graduate students and Archival and Special Collections staff, and is part of a wider partnership between the University of Guelph and Simon Fraser University. Special guest speaker Professor Viccy Coltman will present an exploratory and informal talk: "Wartime: Scottish officers in military service, 1793-1815"

Thesis Title: "Neo-Aristotelian Virtue Ethics and Children's Flourishing:                       Connecting Key Concepts Toward a MacIntyrean Account"

MA Thesis Title: "Agency and Practical Reason:                              A Consideration of Some Objections to                               Constitutivism"  

MA Thesis Title: "Vulnerable Heroes: Nurses During the COVID-19 Pandemic"   Please contact Janet Thackray at jthack@uoguelph.ca for the Teams meeting link  if you want to attend the defence online.

If you're a COA work student, plan to attend the 2022 COA work student event: Nostalgic Backyard Summer! Join us for an afternoon on Johnston Green with some classic backyard activities. Freezies & popsicles will be available (while supplies last). When: July 7th, 2022, 2:30-4:30PM Where: Johnston Green Alternative rain date: July 13th, 2022, 2:30-4:30PM

You’re invited to join us virtually on Tuesday, May 31 at 7:30 p.m. ET for the launch of our new cookbook themed digital exhibit “Healthy, Happy, and Wholesome: Cooking and Wellness in Canadian History” in partnership with the Culinary Historians of Canada.  

From the global pandemic to activist protests such as #BLM, climate change, workers rights, and the uncovering of unmarked graves at former residential schools across Canada, the events of the past 18+ months have shown an urgent need and desire for new modes of life.